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Summer is around the corner- and so are extremely sugary drinks!! Consuming sugar regularly will cause you to crave more sugar. It’s habit-forming and can be rather difficult to stop. Since the sugar rush is short-lived, it leaves you coming back for more once it wears off. There are plenty of better options that can satisfy your cravings for soda or coffee. Many similar and great-tasting healthy drinks are out there! Here are just a few sugar-free drinks that can help you kick the habit…

Health and motivation go hand in hand. It can be hard to get motivated if you’re not feeling your best. If you’re struggling with staying focused and energized, consider making some healthy changes. Exercise and diet are two of the biggest factors in your overall health and energy levels. Creating good habits can increase your job performance, your motivation, and your mood. Keep reading to see some easy ways to look after yourself during your work day…

Picture your average office setting… It relies on electricity, and usually a lot of it. Paper is constantly being used in printers and notebooks. Many staff members are commuting by car, releasing harmful carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Plenty of energy drinks, caffeinated sodas, and coffee cups are consumed and then discarded. When you think about it, it’s not the most environmentally friendly setting, is it? Maybe not, but it certainly can be! The good news is that there are plenty of ways to reduce your carbon footprint in the office. By making a few changes, you can really make a difference. Keep reading to learn 21 ways to make your office more eco-friendly.

Many of us regularly consume unhealthy drinks such as sodas, sugary coffees, and energy drinks at work. One of the biggest problems with consuming these drinks is all of the added sugar. Natural sugar found in foods such as fruit can be part of a balanced diet, but artificial sugars like those found in many sodas don’t do anything beneficial for your health. Sometimes sugar is listed plainly on the ingredients list, but a lot of times large amounts of sugar can be hiding in ingredients such as cane syrup, glucose, lactose, sucrose, or high fructose corn syrup.

Studies show that people around the world buy a total of one million plastic bottles per minute. That’s almost 1.5 billion plastic bottles per day! Our reliance on these single-use bottles is growing rapidly, and the unfortunate reality is that our planet won’t be able to keep up. Between the energy used to create them, the carbon emissions from shipping them, and the issues that surround disposing of them, they start to make a lot less sense.

2.1 billion people around the world are without access to clean water, affecting every aspect of their daily lives. Lavit has partnered with One Drop to help bring clean and safe water to communities in need. Part of the proceeds of each EcoCap is donated to the organization, going directly towards funding clean water projects. 100% of all donations that One Drop receives are used to bring water access to communities around the world.